BC-DX 789 05 Jan 2007 Private Verwendung der Meldun

But 1200 UT outlets on 9465 kHz still requested for A07 season. The 2200
UT morning registration ceased on 11690-summer / 11760-winter. (wb)
HUNGARY No more OIRT frequency operation in Hungary.
I send you some information about the changes of the Hungarian Radio
programs.
The Hungarian Radio definitely stopped to transmit Kossuth Radio programs
on 10 OIRT frequencies on 31.01.2007 at 24.00 hours. The ceased
transmitters are the following:
Budapest: 67.40 MHz Kabhegy: 72.98 MHz Kekes: 71.21 MHz
Komadi 66.14 MHz Miskolc: 66.80 MHz Nagykanizsa: 71.03 MHz
Pecs: 71.81 MHz Sopron: 72.86 MHz Szentes: 66.29 MHz
Tokaj: 71.33 MHz
At the same time from 01.02.2007 they launched the MR4 channel (Magyar
Radio 4 = Hungarian Radio 4) for national minorities on 4 MW frequencies,
namely: Budapest (Lakihegy) on 873 kHz; Pecs on 873 kHz;
Marcali on 1188 kHz; Szolnok on 1188 kHz.
MR4 uses also the Hot Bird 3 satellite at 20.00 - 08.00 hours for
repetition of the preceding day program. (13 degree - East; transponder
72; frequency: 12.14944 GHz; polarisation V; dual mono; CH1 (L)
The Hungarian Radio from 01.02.2007 launched the MR5 channel (Magyar Radio
5 =3D Hungarian Radio 5) for the transmission of the live parliamentary
sessions via Hot Bird 3 (13 degree - East; transponder 72; frequency:
12.14944 GHz; polarisation V; dual mono; CH2 (R) and via the Internet.
(Istvan Hegedus-HNG, wwdxc BC-DX Feb 3) c.f. bc-dx #792
INDIA All India Radio testing DRM on SW, such as Jan 28 at 0330-1220 on
6100 via Khampur/Delhi, 250 kW transmitter running only 150; also testing
on 7270; 6100 seen but not heard in Australia.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, WoR #1345 via dxld Feb 2)
These 250 kW are certainly AM carrier power. The possible output for DRM
signals is always lower, possibly 90 kW in this case, especially if the
same Thomson SK53C3-3P5 transmitters than installed at Sines are in use.
Indeed the 150 kW from Montsinery should be the highest powered DRM
signals on shortwave since New Year's Day. Until then even 200 kW were on
air from the Wertachtal site, presumably using the same RIZ transmitter
model than installed at Woofferton as Sender 96 (why in the world did the
BBC start to use the German term Sender for their transmitters?):
I still recall how a T-Systems speaker on IFA 2005 praised these 200 kW as
if there never were claims about DRM not requiring high outputs. By the
way, in passing he also said that "Deutsche Welle is a very critical
customer".
When judging DRM reception results also the used audio bitrate must be
taken into consideration. In many cases I find it to be a mere 14.5 kbps.
This is not the praised "FM-like quality" but instead just AM quality.
(Kai Ludwig-D, dxld Jan 29)
150 kW in DRM mode.
All India Radio DRM Future Plans.
Engineers from All India Radio Research Department demonstrated the
experimental transmission in DRM mode queries during recently concluded
BES Expo 2007 - 13th International Conference & Exhibition on Terrestrial